Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa Area > Nechung

Accession number

1998.285.248.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Nechung Oracle Temple, near Lhasa

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

L.204

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.215

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXXVI. [Subject of Chapter] Oracles [Subject of Illustration] H.215 (p) Nechung Oracle Temple, near Lhasa. [Remarks] L.204 (D.L)"

Notes on print/mount - 'Nechung Oracle in Lhasa - 20' has been written in blue ink. This slide seems to have been used by Bell as slide 20 in a lantern lecture titled 'The Dalai Lama' [MS 6/9/2004]

Other Information - Setting

Other Information - Setting: Nechung is considered to be the abode of the protector deity Pehar and is the seat of the State oracle of Tibet [CH 2003]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Nechung Oracle Temple" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.248.2.html>.

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